Kaustubh is a Mechanical Engineering graduate from National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NIT-K), Surathkal and is now headed to RWTH Aachen University to pursue a Master’s in Simulation Sciences. Currently, he is an Assistant Engineer in the Engineering and Inspection Department at Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited. His long-term ambition is to return to India as a technical expert in computational energy science, bridging advanced research with real-world industrial applications. Outside of work and academics, Kaustubh enjoys cricket, cooking, quizzing and swimming.